Yearly Archives: 2017

Curious patterns present perplexing questions.

If all of the world's biggest internet oligarchs were Arab Muslims and attended Hamas, Hezbollah, and/or Islamic Jihad conferences, would it be offensive, bigoted "hate speech" to say so?

Asif Haroon Raja Donald Trump’s policy speech on Afghanistan It took Donald Trump and his team 8 months to formulate Afghan policy, which was hailed by...

Jim W. Dean - As the saying goes, the good may die young, but the wicked surely do not. Deep Stater John Bolton raises his craggy head one more time, compliments of the National Review, a long time proponent of "special interests".

 By Sophia Mangal for Veterans Today According to the statements of local authorities, Zabadani resort town in Damascus province, which is located 25 kilometers from...

Lieutenant Commander of the Iranian Army Brigadier General Ahmad Reza Pourdastan said plots hatched in recent years by the intelligence services of Israel, the US and Britain against the Islamic Republic have been financed by Saudi Arabia.

...from SouthFront Government forces, led by the Syrian Republican Guard, have overrun the ISIS defense north of Sukhna and liberated Al Khuwayliyah, Khan al-Baghala, the...

The Russian MiG-31 interceptors are famous for their ability to accelerate to an incredible speed of 3,000 kilometers per hour and operate at altitudes of more than 20 kilometers.

The successful record-breaking speed of a Russian tanker Christophe de Margerie across the Arctic Sea, points to Earth's northern pole melting with increasing alacrity and making new shipping routes.

US authorities have indicted 19 people, including 15 Turkish security officials, for attacking peaceful protesters who rallied against the visit of President Recep Tayyip Erdogan outside the Turkish ambassador’s residence in Washington DC in May.

A Kurdish militant group claimed today that it has captured Turkish intelligence officers. Diyar Xerib, a Kurdish leader linked to the Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK), said the PKK had “arrested” two Turkish nationals working for Turkey’s national spy agency MIT, but had refrained from publicizing the incident so as not to create problems for the local government.

Trump made his crass "fire and fury" threat on the eve of the sixty second commemoration of the US nuclear attack on Nagasaki, the nauseating irony seemingly un-noticed by him. Will some adults pitch up on Capitol Hill before it is too late?

As Washington continues increasing its sanctions pressure on different countries of the world, one is led to believe that the authors of the strategy of sanctions have a vague idea about the ultimate goal of their policy. Why does the US impose complex restrictions on the work of its companies and banks with a number of major global partners?

Mexico will not renegotiate the North American Free Trade Agreement or any other aspect of its relationship with the United States via social media or the press, the Mexican government declared Sunday.

The UN Security Council has denounced North Korea's launch of a ballistic missile over Japan. But with no further sanctions in sight, many Japanese are still looking for answers. Julian Ryall reports from Tokyo.

US President Donald Trump has warned that "all options are on the table" after North Korea launched a missile over Japan early Tuesday, CNN reports.

The Zionist entity finalized a deal to purchase 17 more F-35 stealth fighters in addition to 33 of the ultra-high-tech jets already ordered, the war ministry said Sunday.

Israel will not evacuate any more settlements, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu pledged. “We are here to stay forever,” the prime minister said at an event in the northern West Bank settlement of Barkan. “There will be no more uprooting of settlements in the land of Israel.”

By Gordon Duff, Senior Editor I had lived in Paris once upon a time, always an American city in August at least, English heard everywhere....

To the Honorable Secretary General Antonio Guterres United Nations New York, New York 10017 RE: The United States' Bombing of Afghans Villagers in Afghanistan is Genocide. The...

...from SouthFront The Syrian Arab Army (SAA), the National Defense Forces (NDF) and the Qalamoun Shield Forces are working to liberate the ISIS-held area of...

Jim W. Dean - We must look at Erdogan's new announcement to cooperate more with Russia, Iran, Iraq and now Syria on security issues. He can see that his trying to exploit the Syrian situation has backfired, with a possible Kurdish State being declared on his southern border

After ISIL is fully dislodged, the people of Iraq must resist America’s permanent war and occupation with every fiber of their being.

Washington may have to develop new understanding on dealing with new nuclear competitor situated near key allies

The Qatari defence minister confirmed the interest in buying S-400 missiles from Russia, the same missiles recently sold to its allies, Iran and Turkey.

After a record-breaking string of seven tropical cyclones generated by President Donald Trump, he has finally succeeded in creating a major hurricane to devastate East Texas – Hurricane Harvey (Donald).

Trump has bragged that he is considered the “Ernest Hemingway of 140 characters,” but that didn't prevent Mexico from shooting his suggestion down.

“The situation offers big chances for a gradual diplomatic settlement of the crisis even if Washington and Pyongyang continue exchanging military threats,” Dr. Andrei Gubin said

US Secretary of State Rex Tillerson distanced himself from his boss when he said that President Donald Trump 'speaks for himself' not on behalf of the American people.

Trump’s pardon of former Arizona Sheriff Joe Arpaio condemned by Jewish Groups

The Moroccan Association of Ibn Battuta is celebrating the man and his travel at its 2nd Annual Ibn Battuta Festival, to take place 9-11 November in Tangier, where travelers will gather around the “round table” to discuss Ibn Battuta and his travels. A full schedule of festivities is planned. Book your travel and join us in Tangier.

Thugs and gangsters during the Charlottesville debacle obviously did not know their own history; they did not realize that they were repeating what their predecessors had done

Israeli Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu has accused his opposition of conducting a witch hunt against him, as pressure mounts for him to step down.

...from SouthFront Syrian government forces, supported by the Russian Aerospace Forces, reportedly eliminated the most battle-tested and well-armed unit of ISIS in the Euphrates River...

On Speaking Truth to Empire on KFCF 88.1 FM Free Speech Radio for Central California. Dan Yaseen interviews Ray McGovern. Ray is a veteran CIA officer turned political activist.

The problem facing "Israel" is that the more its military and technological capabilities develop, the more Hezbollah's deterrent and defense capabilities advance. The higher the motivation for aggression, the more it clashes with countermeasures that prevent Hezbollah's capabilities from being liquidated.

Iraqi Army, backed by Counter-Terrorism Service and allied fighters from the Popular Mobilization Units, have dislodged the last remnants of the ISIL Takfiri group from the city of Tal Afar, located 63 kilometers west of Mosul.

US Army Gen. John Nicholson, the top ranking US commander in Afghanistan, made a promise on Thursday to "annihilate" Daesh and "crush the remnants" of Al Qaeda in Afghanistan.

...from SouthFront In June 2014, the so-called Islamic State (IS) occupied about one-third of Iraq’s territory, including Iraq’s second largest city, Mosul. It meant the...

All strategies that are focused merely on “killing the terrorists” without a program for reconciliation and nation-building will experience heavy defeat, an Afghan analyst said in a reference to the US new strategy for Afghanistan.

Jim W. Dean - The Deep State hatred for Putin is well-placed. He represents everything they are not; and the longer he survives, the chances grow that his leadership style might catch on.

President Donald Trump defended his response to the violence in Charlottesville, Va., during a campaign rally in Phoenix, on Aug. 22, blaming the media for distorting or omitting his full comments.

By enabling governments to hack their citizens' phones, an Israeli cyber security firm has arguably made the world more dangerous for human rights activists fighting against corporate and state impunity

Russian and Syrian military experts have established “a unified integrated air defense system” on Syrian territory amid the ongoing Damascus-Moscow cooperation against the terrorist groups operating in the Arab state.

U.S. President Donald J. Trump's Phoenix campaign rally speech was the greatest speech since Adolf Hitler's demagoguery in the “Bier Hall Putsch,” which initiated the Third Reich. For Hitler, the Munich 'Bier Hall' is known as the site of Hitler's rise to power.

China only pays attention to international law when it suits her. The Chinese media, which is state-controlled, used the incident to bash the US Navy, the only sure guarantor of freedom of the seas in the South China Sea.